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Health & wellbeing

16 April 2025

  • Young woman sleeping peacefully

    Pass notes
    Cinderella partying: why young women no longer dance until dawn

    In a new survey, just 5% of British women claimed their perfect night involves dancing with friends – and 65% would rather not go out at all
  • Adrian Chiles

    I thought seasonal affective disorder was a myth. Then I saw the joy that spring can bring

    Adrian Chiles
    I’ve loved watching people perk up as the weather improves. It lifts the heart as much as any spring flower, writes Adrian Chiles

    • You too can have a body like Donald Trump’s. Here’s how

      Arwa Mahdawi

    • A moment that changed me
      A moment that changed me: I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 41 – and had to find a new look

    • Brisk walking linked to lower risk of heart rhythm problems, study finds

15 April 2025

  • The Pennine Way heading to Pen-y-ghent, Yorkshire Dales National Park

    Our highs and lows along the Pennine Way

    Letters: Paul Ince and Dr Angela Hilton share their memories of walking the national trail. Plus a letter from Tony Hufton
  • An adult couple and their sons enjoying a day outdoors in a public park

    Pass notes
    The best day ever: have scientists found the secret of happiness?

    Six hours of family time, two hours with friends, plus extra socialising, exercise and work ... Does it all add up to a highly satisfying 24 hours – or just a very tiring one?
  • Donna Lu

    Antiviral
    Shilajit: male influencers claim it boosts testosterone and libido, but what does the science say?

    Donna Lu
    The tar-like mineral substance has long been used in Ayurvedic medicine, but the evidence of its efficacy is limited – and some products may contain harmful heavy metals

14 April 2025

  • Woman lying in bed

    The modern mind
    For years, Chloe’s insomnia was a mystery. Then she uncovered the trauma beneath it

    Leanne Schubert
  • Devi Sridhar

    Good news at last: just a little exercise can reduce the risk of dementia

    Devi Sridhar

13 April 2025

  • Rushing Commuters on the Millennium Bridge, London<br>Blurred commuters walking on the Millennium Bridge, and St Paul's Cathedral, London.

    ‘Cities trigger our imagination’: why a walk in town can be just as good for you as a stroll in the countryside

    Wandering among historic buildings, cemeteries and winding back streets can lift your spirits as effectively as communing with nature, according to author Annabel Streets. Let’s put that to the test …
  • A baby napping

    Put your baby down to nap near a washing machine, expert says

    Researcher warns that dark daytime naps can disrupt babies’ sleep when they properly go to bed at night
  • ‘Remembering that we are nature is not a passive act’: Poppy Okotcha in her garden.

    Poppy Okotcha: ‘Plants taught me about myself’

    In her verdant garden in Devon, the model turned gardener talks about decay, family roots and living a wilder life

12 April 2025

  • A mother and child made of cassette tape reach out to one another

    ‘It can break you’: life for parents of autistic children can be exhausting. One podcast is offering hope. Is it real?

    A podcast claims to show that autistic children with limited speech may be able to communicate via telepathy. What does the science say about the idea?
  • ‘Some of us fall into wild, ecstatic infatuations that feel like a different operational mode for the brain’: Tom Bellamy.

    Self and wellbeing
    What happens when love tips over into the infatuated state of ‘limerence’?

    A neuroscientist decided to study the addiction-like obsession of limerence, while overcoming it himself
  • Portrait of Renée Ballou sitting on a garden wall with Carole LieberWilkins standing up next to her with her hands on Renée's shoulders

    Rogue doctors stole one woman’s eggs to get another patient pregnant. What happened next is an unlikely tale of friendship against the odds

    When it emerged that a fertility clinic had made one woman pregnant with another’s baby, Renée Ballou and Carole LieberWilkins were advised to ‘lawyer up’. Instead they did something extraordinary – even as one raised the other’s biological child

10 April 2025

  • Composite of five woman

    ‘A weakness can become your biggest strength’ – wise words from 26 brilliant disabled women

  • A young man with allergy symptoms, rubbing his eye with his hand

    The experts
    Hay fever making your life a misery? Try these 20 tips from doctors and allergy experts

9 April 2025

  • Walkers setting off along the Pennine way in the Edale valley

    The Guardian view on the Pennine Way: a pioneer of long-distance soul therapy

  • Vital aid … from the series Life at the Crossroads by Noriko Hayashi.

    My best shot
    A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

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